probability (ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- the condition of being probable
- an event or other thing that is probable
- statistics a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, measured on a scale from zero (impossibility) to one (certainty). It may be defined as the proportion of favourable outcomes to the total number of possibilities if these are indifferent (mathematical probability), or the proportion observed in a sample (empirical probability), or the limit of this as the sample size tends to infinity (relative frequency), or by more subjective criteria (subjective probability)
Translations
- British English:
probability
The probability of something happening is how likely it is to happen, sometimes expressed as a fraction or a percentage.The probability of a cure is 80%.ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ NOUN The probability of a cure is 80%.
- Spanish:
probabilidad
nf
- French:
probabilité
nf
- German:
Wahrscheinlichkeit
nf
- Chinese: 概率 n
- Arabic: اِحْتِمَال n
- Portuguese: probabilidade nf
- Russian: вероятность nf
- Croatian: vjerojatnost nf
- Czech: pravděpodobnost nf
- Danish: sandsynlighed nutr
- Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid nf
- Finnish: todennäköisyys n
- Greek: πιθανότητα nf
- Italian: probabilità nf
- Japanese: 見込み n
- Korean: 개연성 n
- Norwegian: sannsynlighet nm
- Polish: prawdopodobieństwo nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: probabilidade nf
- European Spanish:
probabilidad
nf
- Swedish: sannolikhet nutr
- Thai: ความน่าจะเป็นไปได้ n
- Turkish: olasılık n
- Vietnamese: xác suất n
Usage examples
In all probability she was the first person to touch it for over a thousand years - perhaps two, perhaps more.
, Midnight is a Lonely Place (1994)`There was a very strong declining trend in survival probability ," he says.
New Scientist (1999)"There's a high probability we're going to have more analysts covering the company," chief financial officer Glen Manchester said.
canada.com (2004)The old `possibility of harm" test used in the existing code, would be replaced in the bill by a more open ` probability of harm" test.
Independent (1999)The probability of such extreme conformity occurring solely by random chance is virtually nil.
, Lost Ark (1993)